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LAST CALL
WHAT OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS SAW THIS WEEKEND
Calgarians had fun at the SUPERTRAIN Model Train Show at the Olympic Oval on Saturday, 5 Apr 2025.
The annual event is Canada's largest model train show with over 70,000 square feet of model train layouts and exhibitors.
Here are some photographs from the event:
Calgarians enjoy the SUPERTRAIN Model Train Show at the Olympic Oval - 5 Apr 2025 Gavin Young.
Riding a large scale model train at SUPERTRAIN - 5 Apr 2025 Gavin Young.
Visitors examine a model train layout at SUPERTRAIN - 5 Apr 2025 Gavin Young.
Visitors pose for a photo on "The LIttle General" CPKC'S travelling ambassador - 5 Apr 2025 Gavin Young.
A closer look at a small scale display - 5 Apr 2025 Gavin Young.
This looks like a Lego display - 5 Apr 2025 Gavin Young.
G Scale trains run around the floor surrounded by a small fence - 5 Apr 2025 Gavin Young.
Same crowd, different layout - 5 Apr 2025 Gavin Young.
The site is huge and filled with models and people - 5 Apr 2025 Gavin Young.
NEW HO SCALE ROLLING STOCK
InterMountain Railway Evans 100-ton angled head coil car - Date? Artist?
Price: US$49.95
Manufacturer: InterMountain Railway Company, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, Colorado, 80502, 800-472-2530, intermountain-railway.com.
Features:
Etched metal walkways;
Operating metal knuckle couplers.
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & Northwestern, Conrail, CSX, Detroit Toledo & Ironton, Illinois Central, and Reading.
Rapido National Steel Car 73-foot centerbeam flatcar - Date? Photographer?
Price: Single car, US$59.95; six-pack, US$359.70
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com.
Features:
Factory-installed rubber air hoses, metal grab irons, and coupler lift bars;
Road specific details include six truck types;
See-through eroded metal crossover platforms;
Detailed underbodies include brake piping.
Release date: 2026
Road names: Trailer Train, BC Rail, Canadian National, Copper Basin Railway, Ontario Northland, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and Wisconsin Central.
